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犯

fàn

HSK 6 Character

What 犯 means

1. to violate
2. to offend
3. to assault
4. criminal
5. crime
6. to make a mistake
7. recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)

Example sentences

• 你别犯法。
  Nǐ bié fànfǎ.
  You are not to break the law.
• 他怕犯错。
  He is afraid of making mistakes.
• 无意冒犯！
  No hard feelings!
• 你是囚犯。
  You're the prisoner.
• 汤姆是通缉犯
  Tāngmǔ shì tōngjīfàn
  Tom is a wanted criminal.
• 别怕犯错啊。
  Don't be afraid of making mistakes.

Words starting with 犯

• 犯罪fàn zuìto commit a crime; crime; offense
• 犯人fàn rénconvict; prisoner; criminal
• 犯法fàn fǎto break the law
• 犯规fàn guīto break the rules; an illegality; a foul
• 犯愁fàn chóuto worry; to be anxious
• 犯不着fàn bu zháonot worthwhile
• 犯病fàn bìngto fall ill
• 犯难fàn nánto feel embarrassed; to feel awkward
• 犯上fàn shàngto offend one's superiors
• 犯事fàn shìto break the law; to commit a crime
• 犯意fàn yìcriminal intent
• 犯案fàn ànto commit a crime or offense
• 犯得上fàn de shàngworthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile)
• 犯得着fàn de zháoworthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile); also written 犯得上
• 犯罪学fàn zuì xuécriminology
• 犯罪者fàn zuì zhěcriminal; perpetrator
• 犯罪分子fàn zuì fèn zǐcriminal; offender
• 犯罪现场fàn zuì xiàn chǎngscene of the crime
• 犯罪行为fàn zuì xíng wéicriminal activity
• 犯罪集团fàn zuì jí tuáncrime syndicate
• 犯罪记录fàn zuì jì lùcriminal record
• 犯罪团伙fàn zuì tuán huǒa criminal gang
• 犯错fàn cuòto err; to make a mistake; to do the wrong thing
• 犯禁fàn jìnto violate a ban

Words containing 犯

• 罪犯zuì fàncriminal
• 侵犯qīn fànto infringe on; to encroach on; to violate
• 触犯chù fànto violate; to offend
• 囚犯qiú fànprisoner; convict
• 杀人犯shā rén fànmurderer; homicide
• 嫌犯xián fàncriminal suspect
• 政治犯zhèng zhì fànpolitical prisoner
• 战犯zhàn fànwar criminal
• 冒犯mào fànto offend
• 嫌疑犯xián yí fàna suspect
• 疑犯yí fàna suspect
• 再犯zài fànto re-offend; repeat offender; recidivist
• 人犯rén fàncriminal; culprit; suspect (old)
• 逃犯táo fànescaped criminal; fugitive from the law
• 主犯zhǔ fànculprit
• 刑事犯xíng shì fàna criminal
• 违犯wéi fànto violate; to infringe
• 强奸犯qiáng jiān fànrapist
• 刑事犯罪xíng shì fàn zuìcriminal offense
• 凶犯xiōng fànmurderer
• 进犯jìn fànto invade
• 要犯yào fànmajor criminal
• 少年犯shào nián fànyoung criminal; juvenile delinquent
• 女犯nǚ fànfemale offender in imperial China (old)

Characters that look like 犯

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 纪jìorder; discipline; age
• 肌jī(bound form) flesh; muscle
• 扔rēngto throw; to throw away
• 阮ruǎnruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute
• 弛chíto unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax
• 犸mǎused in 猛犸; Taiwan pr. mà

Sounds the same

Read fàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饭cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan
• 范pattern; model; example
• 泛(bound form) general; non-specific; extensive
• 贩to deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 笵bamboo mold
• 嬎(dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs; (archaic) to reproduce; to bear offspring
• 畈field; farm
• 梵abbr. for 梵教; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵语; abbr. for 梵蒂冈
• 飰old variant of 饭